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exploit China’s 1998-2002 state-owned enterprises (SOE) reform, which aimed at labor market liberalization and generated …
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the hidden work of women (market and non-market). This study analyses the gender dimensions of the impact of economic …-rich. Within poor households, both policies hurt women more than men. Despite declines in absolute poverty in both exercises, the …, poverty among women relative to men increases in poor households and decreases among the rich, leading to an overall increase …
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Economic reform in China has created a small but fast-growing private sector that has spurred rapid productivity growth …
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During transition, maintaining employment and providing a social safety net to the unemployed are important to social stability, which in turn is crucial for the productivity of the whole economy. Because independent institutions for social safety are lacking and firms with strong profit...
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interview data collected from women of three different cohorts in urban China, this study challenges China's free …"This book examines a three-way interaction among market, state, and family in China's recent market reform. Using …-market approach and demonstrates its negative impacts on women's work and family experiences. The book also explores urban women's non …
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This paper explores the changing trend of adult height in China for cohorts born in 1950-90. We use information on the … than for women. …
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-era changes in the patterns of male and female labor force participation and in the distribution of men's and women's occupational …, marital status, sex, and rural/urban location. Women have decreased their labor force participation more than men, and urban … women much more than rural women. Single young people in urban areas have decreased their labor force participation to stay …
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